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J. C. HALL.

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No. 406.353. Patented June 181889.

WITNESSES;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. HALL, OF BROOKLYN, NFAY YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,853, dated J one18, 1889. Ap1.licatien filed February 28, 1889. Serial No. 300,974. Ellemodel) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN t. HALL, a citi zen of the l'nited States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Toys; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a toy in representation of aliving creature, which, as it moves along, will be thrown into life-likeaction by jumping up and down, and at the same time flapping its arms orwings.

\Vith this end in view my invention consists in the peculiar featuresand combination of parts more fully described hereinafter, and pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aperspective view of my complete device; Fig. 2,:1 sectional elevation ofthe same; Fig. 3, a front view of the lower portion; and Fig. l a detailview of themanner in which the wings are hinged and attaehed.

The reference-letter A denotes the body of a living creature, which hasby preference been given the form and shape of a barn-yard rooster, andthis rooster is mounted eccentrically upon a pair of rollers ll ll. Thelegs M are placed astride the rollers and the feet pivoted at d toembossments I), located upon the outside of the rollers and eccentric totheir axes, as will be seen more clearly in Fig. 3. An axle O connectsthe rollers together, and the push-rod R is pivoted thereto by a singlecoil 1*, the rod being extended forward at an angle to itsbody portionand having upon its forward extremity an eye (l.

The body of the rooster is hollow, and is by prefereneemade of tin,whiehisperforated at a point where the wings would nai urally come withelongated slots J, provided with an offset J". The wingsl are both alikeand are pivoted to the hollow body at the shoulder by means of aclout-like projection 1', arranged to pass through the slot J. Thisprojection is given a length somewhat longer than the slot; but in orderto enable it to pass through the latter it must be bent up at one end (iin conformity with the slot, as shown in Fig. 4; then after ithas beenpassed through the slot the bent. end (I is straightenedout to its fulllengihand holds the wings to the body, as shown in Fig. 2. The neck b,whieh connects the projection with the wing, has a pivotal bearing uponthe lower edge e of the slot. The wings after being secured to the bodyin this manner are connected to the projecting end of the puslebar bymeans of a pair of wires K and spring L. These wires are pivotallyconnected to the projection 5 by means of holesj, located opposite theneck it, while their lower ends are connected to the uppercndof thespring, and the lower end of the spring is hinged in the eye G on theouter end of the push-bar.

In order to hold the rooster in an upright position, and at the sametime permit it to rock back and forth as it moves along, a flaringrecess ll is made through the tail, and the push-rod E passes throughthis recess, so that as the rooster bobs back and forth the back andfront walls of said recess will come in contact with the push-rod.

The eonstrnctionof my device having been set forth, I will now proceedto describe its operation. The push-rod E is grasped by the child andthe rollers pushed forward, which operation causes the rollers torevolve and the feet of the rooster to travel in a circle and to rotatewith them, as shown by dotted lines and arrows in Figs. 1 and :3. Duringthe rotation of the rollers the rooster is alternately raised andlowered, in which positions he is shown in Figs. 1 and 9. As the body ofthe rooster is elevated, the wing-projections i are drawn down and thewings raised, as in Fig. 1. The body assumes its elevated positionagainst the resistance offered by the spring and rods or wires It. \Yhenthe rooster descends, the pulling-st rain upon the spring and rods isreleased and the wings fall gracefully by their own gravity; hence itwill be observed that as the wheel rotates the rooster and his wings aresimultaneously raised, and the elastic pulling-st rain upon the wingsgives them an easy graceful movement very true to nature.

It is evident that many slight changes in the construction and operationof my device could be resorted to without departing from the scope andspirit of my invention; hence I Wish it iult'lerstoonthatl do notconfine myself to the precise construction herein shown.

Having thus described my l]'lVO11tlOll,Wlllt I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mechanical toy, the figure of aroostcr, bird, or similarcreature mounted upon a roller with its feet placed astride the same andeccentrieally pivoted thereto, whereby a rising-and-falling motion isimparted to the figure, in combination with a push-rod attached to theaxle of the roller and passing through the body portion of the figure,and a pair of wings provided with projections upon the shoulders whichpass through the sides of the rooster, and an elastic connection betweensaid axle and projections, arranged in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as described.

2. In a mechanical toy, a figure of a rooster, bird, or similar creaturesupported upon a roller, the supports being eceentrically pivoicd to theroller, so as to turn therewith, whereby a rising-aml-falling motion isimparted to the figure, in combination with wings or their equivalentspivoted in the sides of said creature, and an elastic device attachcd tothe inner ends of the wings in such a manner as to draw said ends downand thereby raise the wings during the rising motion of the rooster, inthe manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

3. In a mechanical toy, the combination of a figure of a rooster, bird,or similar creature having its feet eccentrically pivoted upon a roller,a push-rod passing through the body of the figure and attached to thaxle of the roller, a pair of wings provided with cleatshapcdprojections passing through slots in the sides of the figure, and aspringconnected with said projections and the roller-axle, in the mannerand for the purpose described.

JOHN G. HALL. Witnesses:

MYRoN E. TANNER, WALTER THORN.

